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Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi composed the Shahnameh, combining mythical, heroic and historical narratives. These parts cannot all be read using one identical historical standard.

Cultural heritage image; 1 — Gurdiyah gives Khusraw an equestrian cat (Shahnameh manuscript, c. 1648).jpg

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These cultural and symbolic images do not depict Dorehami members or events.

Image and licence

File:Gurdiyah gives Khusraw an equestrian cat (Shahnameh manuscript, c. 1648).jpg — Attributed to Muhammad Yusuf (17th century) — Public domain · WebP / crop

File:The Murder of Dara by his Viziers, folio from a manuscript of The Book of Kings (Shahnameh) of Firdausi, Iran, Shiraz, dated 1494.jpg — Aga Khan Museum — Public domain · WebP / crop

Images illustrate Persian book arts, not authenticated portraits or necessarily this author’s own manuscripts.

Works to start with

شاهنامه

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Sources and further reading

Encyclopaedia Iranica

Content reviewed: 19 October 2026

Hafez

Hafez is a Persian ghazal poet associated with Shiraz. Biographical information is limited; poetic imagery is not automatically autobiography.

Saadi

Saadi is a major figure in Persian poetry and prose. Golestan and Bustan are well-known works; a literary tale should be distinguished from a direct historical record.

Rumi

Rumi is a major Persian-language poet. The Masnavi and Divan-e Shams are central works. Biography, storytelling and later interpretations should be distinguished.

Omar Khayyam

Khayyam is associated with mathematics, scholarship and quatrains. Not all famous quatrains are securely his, and biographical dates vary between sources.

Nezami Ganjavi

Nezami is known for Persian narrative poems. Five works form the Khamsa or Panj Ganj and have also influenced the arts of the book.

Parvin Etesami

Parvin Etesami is a modern Iranian poet. Literary dialogue and debate are prominent forms for human and social questions in her poetry.

Nima Yushij

Nima Yushij is associated with the renewal of modern Persian poetry. His Tabari poems are also part of his literary heritage.